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HANSARDEngagementsTwenty thousand of those 50,000 already work for the NHS, actually, Mr Speaker. Delays in cancer treatment can reduce a patient’s chance of survival. The target of 85% of patients…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsWell, I understand that another hospital has been closed to pay for it. The question is: why would the Government need to put into law an inadequacy of funding for our national…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsWell, passing legislation that will guarantee underfunding of the NHS, yes. The number of patients waiting more than four hours in A&E is now at its highest on record for the…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsMay I just put on record our pleasure at the return of the Northern Ireland Assembly and, hopefully, the restoration of the peace process in Northern Ireland? I know there is a…15 Jan 2020HANSARD Points of OrderThank you, Mr Speaker. I am sorry if I inadvertently misled the House. I had been led to believe that there was going to be a statement today, which is why I made the reference to…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI do not know if the Prime Minister had a chance to read the Labour manifesto in the election, but we made it very clear that we have a plan—a very clear one: free personal care,…15 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsMy question was whether the Government would respect the sovereignty of Iraq, its Parliament and its Government, and the Prime Minister did not answer that question. The actions…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsI wish to start by paying tribute to Andrew Miller, the former Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston, who sadly died on Christmas eve. He is a sad loss to this place. He spent more…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsFollowing the Government’s support for the United States over the assassination of General Soleimani, is the Prime Minister confident that United Kingdom troops and civilians are…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Government have said that they are sympathetic to the assassination of General Soleimani. What evidence has the Prime Minister got to suggest that this attack on General…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsIf we stand by international law, as I am sure the Government do and would want to, surely killing somebody in a foreign territory is an illegal act and should be condemned as…08 Jan 2020HANSARDEngagementsThe Iraqi Parliament passed a resolution calling for foreign troops to leave its country. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the British Government will respect any decision made…08 Jan 2020HANSARDMiddle East: SecurityI thank the Secretary of State for the advance copy of his statement. Can he tell us where the Prime Minister is, and what he is doing that is so much more important than…07 Jan 2020HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am disappointed in the right hon. Member, but in the spirit of Christmas I wish him well. He has not been listening to what I have said. Nothing exposes the Government’s…20 Dec 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillOver the past three and a half years, the Government’s mishandling of Brexit has delivered nothing but political gridlock, chaos and economic uncertainty. It has paralysed our…20 Dec 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI will give way later on. This deal will not protect or strengthen our rights, or support our manufacturing industry and vital trading relationships, or protect our natural world…20 Dec 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe Prime Minister, your leader—if I may say so, Mr Speaker—said that workers rights were going to protected. They are not, in this Bill.20 Dec 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely correct.20 Dec 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillNo. I move on to one of the most appalling parts of the Bill and what the Prime Minister has presented to us this morning. I want to make it clear that the Government’s removal of…20 Dec 2019HANSARD Debate on the AddressIt is the tradition at the beginning of each Session of Parliament to commemorate former Members of the House who have died. It has only been two months since the last state…19 Dec 2019